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Recent Blog Posts
- Updated 2024 DnD Barbarian Class GuideOur Barbarian class guide is now updated to include new character options published in 2025 in Heroes of the Forgotten Realms, Astarion’s Book of Hungers, and Lorwyn.
- THE PUGILIST – Part 1: “I Cast Fist” – RPGBOT.Podcast S6E29Every D&D party has that one character who brings a sword, one who brings a spellbook… and one who brings unresolved childhood issues and a willingness to fist-fight a dragon. Welcome to the Pugilist. Today we explore a popular D&D homebrew martial class fueled by bad decisions, Moxie points, and the medically concerning belief that
- RUNES (Remastered): Introducing Axe and Anarchy Into Your Game – RPGBOT.Podcast S6E28You know how every +1 sword in 5e feels like it came off the same enchanted assembly line?“Congratulations adventurer — your reward is… statistically adequate.” This week, the crew grabs a metaphorical chisel, carves glowing symbols into that boredom, and asks: What if your weapon didn’t just hit harder — what if it screamed cosmic philosophy
- LIFE PATH CHARACTER CREATION – Emotionally stable people don’t become adventurers – RPGBOT.Podcast S6E27You know how most D&D characters are born fully formed at level one — parents dead, personality optional, and a backstory written five minutes before initiative? Yeah — not today. Today we’re rolling childhood trauma on random tables, getting adopted by gnomes after fatal alchemy accidents, committing crimes we didn’t commit, and possibly dying before
- PULP CTHULHU: How to Play 4 – Questions and Answers – RPGBOT.Podcast S6E26Join the RPGBOT crew as they wrap up their Pulp Cthulhu experiment — answering listener questions, unpacking mechanics, debating wizard builds, and confirming once and for all that Pulp Cthulhu is less “existential dread” and more “Indiana Jones punches Nazis with a jetpack.” Show Notes The finale Q&A session closes out the RPGBOT Quickstart series